Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), says he has forgiven human rights activist Dele Farotimi whom he accused of defamation. Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), who stated this during a visit by Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and other traditional rulers, said he would also direct his lawyers to…
Three persons died in the early hours of Monday, September 23, in an auto crash at the Lekki-Ikoyi link Bridge toll gate, Lagos. The cash occurred around 1:00 am and involved two vehicles with eight occupants. Reports indicate that two victims died on the spot, while a third, who was initially rescued alive, succumbed to…
The senator who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, from 2015 to 2019, Shehu Sani, has said northerners have no moral right to vote out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu come the 2027 general elections over the controversial tax reform bills. Sani, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and human rights activist, said…
Troops of the 7 Division/Sector 1 of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed five Boko Haram terrorists during a successful ambush in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The operation, which took place on Thursday morning, was made public by counterinsurgency expert and security analyst Zagazola…
Chairperson of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that it is unfair to generalise and attribute a crime committed by a few Nigerians to the whole of the country. Abike, who was responding to questions on the ‘Nigeria must go’ protest going on in Ghana, called on the host nation to…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be on alert in the wave of genocide reports being escalated by the US. The US government had blasted the Nigerian government for allegedly allowing killings of Christians across the nation, with President Trump threatening military action in…
Former presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has attributed Nigeria’s perennial national grid collapse and worsening electricity crisis to persistent leadership failures. Obi made the remarks in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, referencing the latest grid collapse. He pointed out that the problem has been recurring,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a crash involving a truck and a Golf salon at Gwargwaje community of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Friday claimed 11 lives while four others were injured, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the golf, carrying 11 people,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered counterfeit alcohol packaging centres at Article Market, Abule-Osun, Lagos State, seizing items worth an estimated ₦2 billion. A NAFDAC statement on Thursday via X noted that, during the operation, over 50,000 fake branded labels and packaging materials used to produce unauthorised and…
Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, has intensified his criticism of the current administration, predicting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will finish third in the 2027 presidential election. El-Rufai, now a leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, stated on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics that he had “done my maths” and concluded that…
